Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-27
ROCK ISLAND, WEDNESDAY. JULY q, 1887,
ABOUT CONFECTIONERY
THE WILDERNESS OF SWEETS IN
A BIG CANDY SHOP.

A BIG CANDY SHOP.
The Entire Preparation of Confectionery
Is the Work of Machinery-The In
ventor of the Gum Drop"-In a Show
| Window.
A candy key always unlocks child's heart,
though In the minds of many parents the
prejudice still exists of its injurious effects.
The feeling is probably derived, in a great
| measure, from the time when the choice Law
between molasses or taffy, long striped sticks
| resembling barber poles, and red or white
| peppermints lying on a cardboard, one row
| Of which was cut off at time and sold for a
penny. Yet probably at this time as much
pleasure was taken by the little ones as they
| now flnd Ill the lemon or strawberry trans
| parencies nodded into keys, horses, cows, dogs.
sheep, houses, wagons, boats, rings, squares,
| balls, clocks, watches, knives, forks, spoons.
| teapots, etc. Like all eatable articles. its
healthfulness depends upon its quality, and
| eaten in moderation, so far from being in
curious, it may be regarded as nutritious
Confectionery, until within a compare
tlvely few years, was all made by hand
while now its entire preparation, to the most
minute details, is the work of machinery
Manufactures exist in every city in the
United States, where many men are employed
as modelers, cooks engine drivers and com
mon laborers. Girls are also occuDied in
doing the lighter work and arranging the
confectionery in boxes, some of which are
very delicate and chaste, with ruffied satin
covers, the top of which contains two small
mirrors, which parting produce beautiful
picture Some manufactures employ over
l,ooo persons, their annual sales reaching far
into the millions, while in Europe, Paris hold
ing the palm of direct commercial inter
course, factories exist at Bordeaux. Vertion,
Ciermont, Ferrand, Lyons Rouen and Or
leans
WILDERNESS OF CANDY.
An attractive sight is presented hv any
large confectionery in this city where long
rows of lockwood partitions, with little gilded
scoop with red handles, neatly separate large
quantities of almonds, lemon drops, seed
drops, chocolate drops, speckled with sugar,
fruit drops, brandy drops catawba drops,
sugar plums, wafer drops, assorted drops, In
per1al drops, mixed candies. grape drops
mellow drops, citron dropss cordial drops
honey drops, iceland moss drops, snow drops.
etc, while under glass cases white boxes con-
tain the imported French confectioned pine
apples, mushrooms, sweet potatoe. merry
bells, cherries, fiagroot, ginger, lines, figs
etc In Brooklyn the sum annually expended
III small sums by candy eaters amounts to
est'o,G00 exclusive of that which NAV be ex
pended for ice creams, jeiies, blanc manages
pastry and other deicacies Twenty Der
cent of this sum (siGodoI is expended for
caIamels, which tretaied at a penny each
placed IN regular rotation, would reach from
this cIty TO Boston
The very finest grades Of French canfec-
honery, which has a comparatively limited
sale and for which native warkmen are e,n
ployed, is generally made on the premises
where it is sold, suspicion being allaytd bv its
often being made in the show window To tie
interest of the passershy Perhaps few per
SONS are aware that for the confectionery
most commonly eaten they are indebted to
Mr.. Henry Maillard, who was the first tn
make the gum drop, the chocolate cream
drop. the marshmallow drop, the licorice
ttrop, and to these might be added the choco-
late caramel. The gum drop and iujuba
paste are of French origin Individual in
stances are found where manufacturers nro.
ducng a salable article have confined them
selves to single specially, as NAV be men
toned: Mr John Pease, whose name is
familiar with the preparation of horehound
candy, and Mr.. Horatio Wild who first made
the sugar illmond-which originally appeared
in soft fornn-and subsequently manu-
faetUred Iceland nioss drops, both rearing
rulpense fortunes
FORMS OF CONFECTIONERY.
The manufacture of lozenges, forming a
department OF itself, is generally confined to
individual firms As many as 800 boxes
have been sold to various stores i'll BROOKLYN
In one week, each box containing nnety-six
paper packages If different colors and ttayorS-
winterg1een, sassafras, peppermint, CHINA
mon- Glove, banana, root hecr, rose. licorice.
etc.-thus making over $4,000 Iozcnges con
sumed IN this city in a single day Outside
of France il is somewhat difficult to tIat.eany
national characteristic in confectionery
Rock candy originated i'll Belgium, while the
eye is occasionally reminded of English colts
foot, Russian horehound, Irish lozenges dub
lin), German taffy, Italian pastilles
Of the many forms of confectionery as
exhibited by enterprising storekeepers, some
have occasoned much delight Who but
will recall the East river bridge seen in q show
window during recent holiday season? The
towers Of granite sugar gracefully held the
cables of white frosting, the yellow prone
made and roadway initiated in lemon color.
while cars, pedestrians, wagons and horses,
the East river spun sugar. ferryboats, stores.
etc, all appeared In natural colors MANY
will recall the German soldiers under Gen.
Won Moltke, mounted on horseback storming
French castle during the Franco German
war, the artillery (ehocolate), the white
smoke. the columns of soldiers with glisteuing
hayonets the dead and wounded being ear
ried away from the field Other exhibits
have shown the arch of the Place du Carrou-
sci at Paris a street in Venice with floating
gondoias and swans swimming in the water,
A local scene represents an audience leaving
the theatre on winter night Snow sparkles
under the gas lamps while the street ear
waits for passengers. The sidewalk in both
directions is TILED with people returning to
their homes The human figures, horses,
vehicles, etc, are all wonderfully lifellke
Do not let US forget that this is all eorifec-
tionery Brooklyn Eagle